9/01/2017

Woman burns herself, boyfriend to death

A young woman identified as Blessing Ohare Ukhurebor has burnt her 36-year-old boyfriend, John Emeka Obodoechina to death in Lagos.

Blessing reportedly poured fuel and lit the match on John while he was asleep simply because he decided to quit the relationship due to her violent nature.

John and Blessing had dated for over a year, before she moved in with him.

John was said to have told Blessing of his intentions to meet with her family, but the meeting was suspended after their relationship got a bit messy.

It was gathered that at the slightest misunderstanding, the girl would lock the door, pull a kitchen knife and threaten to stab John to death.

Speaking to the newspaper after the incident, John’s elder brother, Chief Obodoechina snr, explained that John informed him about how he met Blessing in his office and had been helping her in the business she was doing.

He said, “After about three months, Blessing started taking some of her belongings into John’s place.

“At that time Blessing did not know whether anyone was John’s sister or colleague in the office, so any calls from a female caller was seen as a taboo.

“That was when John started introducing Blessing to his sisters and colleagues. But when all that also failed to guarantee peace, John felt that marriage between Blessing and himself might be disastrous, so he decided to end the relationship.’

“He, therefore, informed Blessing that both of them should part ways in peace. But Blessing, apparently didn’t like the idea.

“There was a day John came to my house at an odd hour and complained bitterly about Blessing. I advised him that if they were not compatible, they should go their separate ways before something dreadful would happen.”

According to the report, when John could not stand the relationship anymore, he reportedly told Blessing to relocate elsewhere and gave her N100,000 to rent an apartment.

When she got the money from John to help her secure an apartment, she got angry and set John ablaze which also resulted to her own death.

John’s sister, Angela Ibrahim, who lives in Badagry, said that morning, she was invited to John’s office by the management of the African Fertilizer & Chemicals (Big) Ltd in Agbara, Ogun State.

She said, “There, I was told that Blessing Ohare Ukhurebor, a girl from Edo State, who John had wanted to marry, burnt him alive.

“I could not understand that because it was not up to four days that the girl left my house and did not show any signs of an impending violence.

“That was when I started calling my brothers. When we got to John’s house, we saw John bent on the bed, totally burnt.

“There was no electricity and the gas cooker in the kitchen was not affected. The two phones were there.

“There were no signs that the gas cooker or phone caused the fire. It was only John and the area he was sleeping that was burnt.

“The neighbours that we met told us that some people had taken Blessing out, as she was also affected. But they said she was not dead.

“The neighbours went and reported the incident to the Baale of the area who ordered some of the palace chiefs and John’s neighbours to report the incident to the police.

“On getting to the Police Station in Agbara, the police said they could not do anything unless a relation of the deceased was around.

“When my brothers came, initially they could not hold themselves to follow the processes of investigation.

“After some logistics and protocols at the police station, the corpse was taken to the Badagry General Hospital for preservation in the morgue.

“All our efforts to get to see Blessing to know how she was affected and find out what happened were rebuffed by Blessing’s uncle who was rather threatening us.

“A few days after John’s interment, we got a call from the same Blessing’s uncle, telling us that Blessing had also died.”

A young woman identified as Blessing Ohare Ukhurebor has burnt her 36-year-old boyfriend, John Emeka Obodoechina to death in Lagos.

Blessing reportedly poured fuel and lit the match on John while he was asleep simply because he decided to quit the relationship due to her violent nature.

John and Blessing had dated for over a year, before she moved in with him.

John was said to have told Blessing of his intentions to meet with her family, but the meeting was suspended after their relationship got a bit messy.

It was gathered that at the slightest misunderstanding, the girl would lock the door, pull a kitchen knife and threaten to stab John to death.

Speaking to the newspaper after the incident, John’s elder brother, Chief Obodoechina snr, explained that John informed him about how he met Blessing in his office and had been helping her in the business she was doing.

He said, “After about three months, Blessing started taking some of her belongings into John’s place.

“At that time Blessing did not know whether anyone was John’s sister or colleague in the office, so any calls from a female caller was seen as a taboo.

“That was when John started introducing Blessing to his sisters and colleagues. But when all that also failed to guarantee peace, John felt that marriage between Blessing and himself might be disastrous, so he decided to end the relationship.’

“He, therefore, informed Blessing that both of them should part ways in peace. But Blessing, apparently didn’t like the idea.

“There was a day John came to my house at an odd hour and complained bitterly about Blessing. I advised him that if they were not compatible, they should go their separate ways before something dreadful would happen.”

According to the report, when John could not stand the relationship anymore, he reportedly told Blessing to relocate elsewhere and gave her N100,000 to rent an apartment.

When she got the money from John to help her secure an apartment, she got angry and set John ablaze which also resulted to her own death.

John’s sister, Angela Ibrahim, who lives in Badagry, said that morning, she was invited to John’s office by the management of the African Fertilizer & Chemicals (Big) Ltd in Agbara, Ogun State.

She said, “There, I was told that Blessing Ohare Ukhurebor, a girl from Edo State, who John had wanted to marry, burnt him alive.

“I could not understand that because it was not up to four days that the girl left my house and did not show any signs of an impending violence.

“That was when I started calling my brothers. When we got to John’s house, we saw John bent on the bed, totally burnt.

“There was no electricity and the gas cooker in the kitchen was not affected. The two phones were there.

“There were no signs that the gas cooker or phone caused the fire. It was only John and the area he was sleeping that was burnt.

“The neighbours that we met told us that some people had taken Blessing out, as she was also affected. But they said she was not dead.

“The neighbours went and reported the incident to the Baale of the area who ordered some of the palace chiefs and John’s neighbours to report the incident to the police.

“On getting to the Police Station in Agbara, the police said they could not do anything unless a relation of the deceased was around.

“When my brothers came, initially they could not hold themselves to follow the processes of investigation.

“After some logistics and protocols at the police station, the corpse was taken to the Badagry General Hospital for preservation in the morgue.

“All our efforts to get to see Blessing to know how she was affected and find out what happened were rebuffed by Blessing’s uncle who was rather threatening us.

“A few days after John’s interment, we got a call from the same Blessing’s uncle, telling us that Blessing had also died.”